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...favor of Kansas City Kicker Jan Stenerud, a former ski-jumping champion from Fetsund, Norway. Eager to show up his rival, the balding Yepremian got his chance after the hard-charging Dolphins blocked a 42-yd. Stenerud attempt in the overtime period. Then, when Dolphin Running Back Larry Csonka rambled around right end for 29 yds., it was Garo's turn to try from 37 yds. out. Realizing that "this one kick could make or break me," he caught the ball squarely on the instep of his size 7 soccer shoe and lofted it through the uprights. Next...
...Wilson, the players were dumbfounded when Shula announced that there would be four practice sessions a day, beginning before breakfast and lasting until nightfall. Overweight players were fined $10 for every pound in excess of what Shula determined was their "optimum performance level." When 250-lb. Running Back Larry Csonka was ordered to trim off 15 Ibs., he sputtered, "But I haven't been that light since high school." Replied Shula: "You will function better at that level." Csonka pared down...
...Dolphins are functioning better. This season, in fact, Miami has been all but unstoppable, rolling to the best record in the N.F.L. with nine wins, one loss and one tie. Csonka and his mustachioed sidekick, Jim Kiick, are, respectively, the No. 1 and No. 6 leading ground gainers in the American Football Conference. Quarterback Bob Griese is leading the league in touchdown tosses (19); his favorite target, Wide Receiver Paul Warfield, leads all rivals in touchdown receptions (eleven) and yardage gained (861). On defense, veteran Linebacker Nick Buoniconti anchors a quick, fierce unit that has held opponents to an average...
...Dolphins' long-suffering fans. Attendance at the Orange Bowl has soared from an average of 34,687 two seasons ago to sellout crowds of 75,312 for the last two home games. Last week a national TV audience watched Kiick and Csonka, known to the adoring "Dol-fans" as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, grind out a total of 175 yds. on the ground. Coupled with Griese's brilliant passing (twelve completions in 17 attempts, two touchdowns), the Dolphins mauled the Bears 34 to 3. Afterward, Bear Coach Jim Dooley confidently predicted what Miamians already accept...
Times have changed. Last month A.F.L. teams whipped their N.F.L. big brothers in ten of the first 16 interleague contests. The Miami Dolphins, for two seasons the doormats of the A.F.L., rolled over the Philadelphia Eagles 23-7, as Rookie Fullback Larry Csonka ground out 90 yds. and two touchdowns. The Buffalo Bills used rookies liberally as they defeated the Detroit Lions 13-9, while the Houston Oilers stopped the Washington Redskins 9-3. Kansas City beat both the St. Louis Cardinals and the resurgent Minnesota Vikings by scores of 13-10. Even the Cincinnati Bengals, a first-year expansion...